QuestionThe first sign was my gecko had shaky front legs & within a few days went into a coma state. Sometimes we thought she was dead. The vet took an X-ray & said he see's something not right with her spine & felt it was the start of MBD. That is not possible as I always have calcium with D3 in a dish in her cage. The x-ray did not show impaction or tumor. Today on a Gecko forum someone said that it sounds like a head injury. She did fall from a platform in her cage. There was a slight opening between the platform & the glass that she fell between. Down below was a stone castle hide. This happened on 9/20 & on 9/30 I noticed she was quite right. This is the only thing that makes sense to me. How can I treat this injury? We have been giving her a food supplement mixed with lots of different things (from Golden Gate Geckos) & we just started to mix calcium with water. It take a very long time to feed her. We put a drop on her lip & eventually she opens up & eats it. Do you have any suggestions. She is less than a year old. She weighs 38g now but was up to 42g. Thanks for your help.
AnswerHi Melissa, I can't comment on the possible head injury or any type of treatment for that, other then the supportive care that you are currently giving her. I would not rule out the calcium deficiency theory completely. Perhaps I misunderstood, but are you dusting her insects with calcium/D3 as well as providing the dish in the cage? Providing the dish of calcium is often recommended as extra insurance against deficiency but I have never seen it recommended as the sole way of providing calcium. Dusting and gut-loading the insects remains the primary method of adding calcium to the diet and insuring that they actually consume it. The food supplement you are giving may already have calcium/D3 in it (the vitamin D3 may be listed by the name cholecalciferol) but if it does not you may want to add a small amount.
If you have also been dusting her food regularly then the MBD theory seems less likely.
I'm sorry that I don't have more insight into this. Hats off to you for taking her to the vet and I hope she is able to make a full recovery.